Deriv 21-24 Flashcards

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1
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Having two or more possible meanings, not clear

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Ambiguous

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Simultaneous conflicting emotions towards a person or thing (love and hatred)

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Ambivalence

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3
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The observation of prescribed customs or rules

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Formality

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4
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The strength to bear misfortunes patiently

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Fortitude

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5
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Principal, main, first in importance

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Prime

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Sluggish, gloomy

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Saturnine

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7
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Of the third rank, order, formation

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Tertiary

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(Noun) a flag having three colors in large areas

(Adj) having three colors

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Tricolor

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9
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Happy

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Jovial

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10
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Changeable

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Mercurial

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11
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A cage of building for housing birds

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Aviary

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12
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The raising and care of birds

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Aviculture

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13
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A release from obligation or legal requirement

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Exemption

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(Adj) advantageous, convenient, suited

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Expedient

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15
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Of or involving money

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Pecuniary

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The foot or bottom support of a column, pillar, statue

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Pedestal

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(Noun) one who goes on foot

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Pedestrian

18
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Relating to worldly things as opposed to religious things

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Secular

19
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One who sells, seller

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Vendor

20
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A truce by mutual agreement

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Armistice

21
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Happening in the same period of time

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Contemporaneous

22
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Done or spoken without preparation

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Extemporaneous

23
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For the time being, temporarily

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Pro tem

24
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Say or do repeatedly

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Reiterate

25
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Return like for like; get even

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Retaliate

26
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Equal, equivalent

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Tantamount

27
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Limited by time; pertaining to worldly affairs

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Temporal

28
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To make worse or more serious

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Aggravate

29
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A prediction based on guesswork

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Conjecture

30
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Bodily, or the body

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Corporeal

31
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The material evidence of the fact that a crime has been committed

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Corpus delicti

32
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Seriousness, heaviness

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Gravity

33
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Unable to be overcome

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Invincible

34
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The path taken by a thrown or projected object

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Trajectory

35
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Food

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Victuals

36
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Full of life and animation

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Vivacious

37
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Able to use both hands with equal ease

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Ambidextrous